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Ed Clark, outgoing Group President and CEO of TD Bank Group, is the Chair of the Ontario Premier's Advisory Council on Government Assets. The Council has been asked to look at options to generate better returns and revenues from the LCBO, Hydro One and Ontario Power Generation. Over the past six months, the Council has delved into the operations of the three companies, met with their boards and…

July 23, 2015 – The government of Ontario should make individual producers responsible for recycled products while permitting them to achieve recycling goals as they see fit, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “An Opportunity not to be Wasted: Reforming Ontario’s Recycling Program,” author Aaron Jacobs urges Ontario to follow the lead of other provinces, notably Manitoba, in…

August 12, 2015 – The Bank of Canada should track inflation using a measure that better accounts for changes in resale housing prices, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Improving on the CPI: A Proposal for a Better Inflation Indicator,” authors Finn Poschmann and Aaron Jacobs urge the Bank to shift its focus to a more appropriate measure of the cost of inflationary trends…

March 30, 2017 – Controversial changes to drug patent and copyright rules required under Canada’s recent trade deals will have manageable side effects, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Patents, Copyright and Competition: Assessing the Impact of Trade Deals on Canada,” authors Daniel Schwanen and Aaron Jacobs review claims that strengthened protection for patents and…

Friday December 9, 2011 Toronto Roundtable Event - Standard & Poor's: Changes to the rating process and the regulatory environment in the wake of the financial crisis Map and Directions | Register Mark Adelson is the Chief Credit Officer of Standard & Poor's. He is responsible for all of S&P's rating criteria for all types of ratings. He joined S&P in May 2008. Before joining S…